Alien family

I did the same for the alien family that I did for the fruit family but they took a little longer as there were more possibilities. The dad was pretty simple as he already had an archetype to follow and I wanted to have the aliens in some sort of spacesuit/jumpsuit so it wasn't too difficult for his outfit.

For the mother it was more difficult as I wanted her to have a more feminine version of the families outfit. I also put her horns/hair on top of her head to try and create a stronger distinction between genders. After talking about the alien family I realised that the baby didn't have to be a smaller version of the grown ups. So I tried drawing her as a grub and as an egg but she ended up working better as a grub like shape but with little arms and legs like a caterpillar. I gave her little black horns as well to give her more of a connection to the adults. The other thing I noted was that as she doesn't look like the others she can be easy to confuse with the pet so I think she should be shown  to be holding her to create a stronger sense of difference.

The boy was  simple enough as like his dad he already had a strong idea of what he was. I did however want to put him in short sleeves and shorts (like a playsuit) this suggests childhood really easily.I also had an epiphany about the horns, as the baby's are black and the adults are striped I thought it'd be good to have thick stripes on the boy. I liked the idea that it was like the rings on a tree trunk, that each stripe is a representation of age. The cat was my favourite character in this and she just came about from trying to subvert a normal cat and from talking to people about her.

This is a sheet of doodles that I did at a children's birthday party, I drew it in between the dad and the mum. This is where I jotted down some early ideas and worked a lot on the cat. I believe doodles are incredibly important for working out the simple aspects of characters without feeling sentimental or precious about them. However I think I should start recording them as if I don't show them it can look like I've just jumped to ideas from nowhere.